tm About Dr. Applebaum
The Fit to Parent Program
Raising a child is a serious and important Michael Applebaum, MD is an author and Your Weight
undertaking. medical doctor whose practice
concentrates in Diagnostic Ultrasound.
Dr. Applebaum has lectured around the
and
As a parent, you make the choice to either world on his groundbreaking discoveries
give your children the best lives possible or in women’s and fetal ultrasound. Fitness Level
condemn them to lives of illness and social
disadvantage. Among other achievements, he is Affect Your Children
credited with being the first person to
Fit to Parent tm can give you and your children describe the imaging and importance of
the best opportunity to live long, healthy, fit endometrial blood flow in fertility
and happy lives. The time you take now to treatment outcome and the normal
prepare for fit parenting can benefit your constellation of ultrasound findings
children and theirs, too. The habits they learn during the mid-cycle. He pioneered the
from you will affect generations to come. development of sonohysterography.
The Fit to Parent tm Program is a lifestyle
Michael Applebaum, MD is the only
medical doctor to hold all of the following
ARE YOU
enhancing course. Fit to Parent tm is offered
FIT TO PARENT?
fitness credentials:
either in-person at Dr. Applebaum’s office in
Water Tower Place or in a distance learning
format. Certified Fitness Trainer
Master of Fitness Sciences
Certified Youth Fitness Trainer
Certified Endurance Fitness Trainer
Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition
For information on how Certified Specialist in Fitness for Older Adults
you can enroll in the
Fit to Parent tm Program
call 312-337-0732, ext. 2 Health is a function of participation.
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Participation is a function of fitness.
FitnessMed, Inc.
Water Tower Place
845 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 935 E
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-337-0732
Fax: 312-642-8383
Internet: www.DrApplebaum.com
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www.FitToParent.com
THE CONSEQUENCES OF
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Problem: The “Tragic Crisis” Solution: Fit to Parent AN UNFIT LIFESTYLE
• 310,000-580,000 premature deaths
The Number One predictor of childhood tm yearly -- similar to the number of deaths
Fit to Parent is directed at saving
weight problems is an unfit parent. caused by tobacco.
children from the devastation caused
• If one parent is overweight, a child has a by being overweight. • Almost two-thirds of American adults are
40% chance of developing weight overweight or obese.
Fit to Parent tm enhances the home
problems. • Obesity rates in children have doubled.
lives of parents-to-be and parents of
• If both parents are overweight, a child has • Reduced quality of life and disabilities.
children age 3 and younger, unlike any
an 80-90% chance of developing weight The number of Americans living with
other program. unhealthy diet- and inactivity- related
problems.
Fit to Parent tm is a lifestyle program diseases exceeds 215 MILLION.
• If neither parent is overweight, a child still
for parents and parents-to-be that • Unhealthy eating and inactivity are
has a 7% chance of developing weight
prepares adults to raise healthy leading risk factors for causes of over
problems.
children. 1.6 MILLION deaths annually.
Today, one in three children born in the US Diet- and inactivity- related diseases
•
will become diabetic during their lifetime as a Dr. Applebaum offers programs for parents
with older children. For information, call (312) cost 617 BILLION dollars yearly.
result of being overweight (according to the Data from the Center for Science in the Public Interest
337-0732, or go to www.FitnessMed.com or
CDC). Diabetes leads to other problems, www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy
www.DrApplebaum.com
including blindness, kidney failure, amputation
and heart disease. Sadly, the onset of
tm KIDS OF UNFIT PARENTS ARE AT RISK FO R:
diabetes is occurring in younger and younger Fit to Parent :
children. Bone diseases Concentration disorders
• addresses how an unfit parental Decreased learning abilities Diabetes
Diabetes is only one of the many lifestyle- lifestyle affects children and the Drug Dependence Gallstones
related problems affecting kids. problems children will likely develop Elevated fat in the blood Hardening of the arteries
Glucose Intolerance Heart failure
Studies show that childhood unfitness is a • explains how parents of young kids Heart attacks Lack of confidence
condition that almost certainly continues into
and parents-to-be can create a High blood pressure Limited Participation in Life
adulthood, resulting in numerous other Low self-esteem Memory problems
home environment that will help
diseases. Menstrual problems for girls Poor body image
their children live healthier and Premature death Preventable Illness
Unless more children and the adults who better lives Ridicule Psychological distress
influence them implement lifestyle changes, Sleep disorders Social problems
the trend will continue. • teaches adults ways to improve Strokes Sudden death
their lifestyles for raising healthy
children and in doing so, improve
This crisis is so tragic because
their own health and relationships
IT IS PREVENTABLE!